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prognosticate
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prognosticate
v.
diagnose; divine, prophesy, presage; foresee, predict, foretell
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Prognosis (disambiguation)
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prognosticate
Verb
1. make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election"
(synonym) predict, foretell, call, forebode, anticipate, promise
(hypernym) guess, venture, pretend, hazard
(hyponym) read
(derivation) prediction, foretelling, forecasting, prognostication
2. indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news"
(synonym) bode, portend, auspicate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict
(hypernym) bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal
(hyponym) threaten
(derivation) omen, portent, presage, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy
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Prognosticate
(v. t.)
To indicate as future; to foretell from signs or symptoms; to prophesy; to foreshow; to predict; as, to prognosticate evil.
To indicate as future; to foretell from signs or symptoms; to prophesy; to foreshow; to predict; as, to prognosticate evil.
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prognosticate
Synonyms and related words:
adumbrate, announce, augur, bet, betoken, cast a horoscope, cast a nativity, divine, dope, dope out, dowse for water, forebode, forecast, foresee, foreshadow, foretell, foretoken, fortune-tell, gamble, guess, harbinger, hariolate, herald, make a prediction, make a prognosis, make a prophecy, make book, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prophesy, read palms, read tea leaves, read the future, risk, signal, soothsay, speculate, take a chance, tell fortunes, tell the future, vaticinate
adumbrate, announce, augur, bet, betoken, cast a horoscope, cast a nativity, divine, dope, dope out, dowse for water, forebode, forecast, foresee, foreshadow, foretell, foretoken, fortune-tell, gamble, guess, harbinger, hariolate, herald, make a prediction, make a prognosis, make a prophecy, make book, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prophesy, read palms, read tea leaves, read the future, risk, signal, soothsay, speculate, take a chance, tell fortunes, tell the future, vaticinate
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